My Mom Said I Was A Handful.

Without My Women Friends, I Wouldn't Know Anything. They've Been My Teachers And My Mothers. My Mother Was A Wonderful Person, But She Didn't Give Me A Lot Of The Stuff I Needed To Advance Myself As An Adult Woman. I Have A Really Strong Group Of Girlfriends, And We Share A Lot With One Another - The Complications Of Raising Children, Marriages, Personal And Physical Struggles.

Being An Actor, You Are Recognized For Being Somebody Else, Whereas These Books Are Distilled From Me.

Fifty Is A Big Corner To Turn. It Used To Mean Being Put Out To Pasture, But It's The Opposite With Me. I Feel More Vibrant; I'm More Active Than I've Ever Been. The F-word Really Is Freedom. It's The Freedom To Have Dropped The Rock-the Rock Of Addiction, Of Family, Of Comparisons With Other People. It's Being Fit And Focused And Kind Of Furious.

My Husband Once Said He'd Never Met Anybody Who Walked So Fast And Ran So Slowly. As I Said, It's A Little Hard For Me To Try New Things, And This Was Me Facing A Fear That I'd Had My Whole Life. Since I Had No Experience Running, I Felt Like A Failure Before I'd Even Begun.

It's Not That I'm Retired, I Just No Longer Accept Acting Work.